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THE BOARD & COUNCIL SCHOOLS OF BRENTFORD |
by-laws making education between the ages of five and
13 compulsory under the auspices of a local School Board.
Brentford did not set up a Board until 1901 just before
education was reorganised by the Education Act of 1902
when Board schools became Council schools and local
authorities were empowered to provide elementary and
secondary education. School leaving age was raised to
14 in 1918 and to 15 in 1944.
The growing population and various Education Acts led
to more schools being built in Brentford Ealing Rd Primary
was opened in 1903 (closed 1975); Brentford Temporary
Infants School opened 1907 in the Upper Butts (closed
1932); Boston Manor house Infants, which used the rooms
of the old Jacobean manor house was opened in 1940 and
despite parental opposition closed in 1961. A school
with a long innings was Brentford End School just over
the bridge. This began in 1841 and didn't close until
1936. Below are details of the Anglican state schools
that remain to Brentford School for Girls, Boston Manor
Rd, opened as a dual-sex secondary modern school in 1930.
In 1968 the boys moved to Syon School, Isleworth. It was
one of the first schools in the country to abandon
conventional school wear for girls, substituting easily
laundered crimplene garments as its uniform. The two-piece
suit was French navy with a lemon and tangerine coloured
roll neck blouse.
St Paul's primary junior and infants constituted under
the provision of the 1870 Education Act, opened in 1873.
Green Dragon School North Rd opened in1975 for juniors
and infants replacing St George's school and Ealing Rd
primary school. Lionel Rd primary school began in 1931.
Photographs of Brentford
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